Board of County Commissioners v. Tower
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for the county of Redwood, on the bond of defendant Tower as county treasurer. The case was tried by Cox, J., and a jury, and defendants had a verdict. This appeal is brought by defendants from an order granting a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
The complaint is upon the official bond of defendant Tower, as treasurer of the county of Redwood, executed by him as principal, and the other defendants as sureties, conditioned as provided in the statute. The breach alleged is that, at the end of the term for which he was elected, he neglected and refused to pay over to his successor in office, on the demand of such successor, the sum of $1,099.66, belonging in the county treasury, which he had, as such treasurer, collected and received from taxes and various other sources of public revenue, and then had in his custody.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
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